The gun found on the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson matches shell casings found at the crime scene,Commissioner Jessica Tisch also said lab results matched suspect Luigi Mangione’s prints to a water bottle and protein bar wrapper found near the scene of the killing.
R.J. Martin, a former roommate of Mangione at a co-living situation in Hawaii, told CNN he knew Mangione had a back injury that caused debilitating pain sometimes. Martin said he checked in with Mangione to learn he did have surgery. Photos of an X-ray posted to Mangione’s X – formerly known as Twitter – show a back with several pins or screws in a spine.
In addition to second-degree murder in New York, Mangione is facing two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument. During the extradition hearing Tuesday, Dickey told Mangione to stop talking, which is something Dickey said will be case moving forward.